3rd FOOT, BUFFS EAST KENT REGIMENT - Officers and Commanders 1876

~ OFFICERS & COMMANDERS ~

3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot (or The Buffs)

1876

1st Battalion Malayan Peninsula

2nd Battalion Mullingar

1st Battalion embarked for Calcutta, 24 July 1866 Depot, attached to 2nd Batt.

2nd Batt. returned from Barbadoes, 26 June 1866

Colonel

William Craig Emilius NAPIER - Colonel 3rd Buffs, 14 Aug. 1874

Lieut- Col

Charles Knight PEARSON

Colonel Pearson served as Adjutant of the 31st Regt. in the Crimea from 3rd Sept. 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol and attack of the 8th Sept. (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal)

Talbot Ashley COX

Lt. Colonel T.A. Cox served with the Buffs in the Crimea from the 1st May 1855 including the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and was wounded at the assault of the Redan on the 8th Sept. (Medal with Clasp, 5th Class of the Medjldic, and Turkish Medal.)

Majors

Francis MORLEY

Major Morley served with the Buffs in the campaign of 1860 in China, and was present at the action of Sinho, and taking of Tangku and the inner Taku Fort (Medal with Clasp)

Henry PARNELL

p.s.c. Clifford PARSONS

Professor Staff College, Ensign 16 Feb. 49; Lt. 10 Dec. 52; Capt. 25 Sept. 53?; Bt. Major, 19 Nov. 71; Major 10 Dec. 73

Walter Augustus DANBENY

Major Danbeny and Captains F. T. Jones, Hobson and Halahan served the campaign of 1860 in China (Medal with Claps for the Taku Forts)

Francis ETESON (see photo below)

Major Eteson served with the 18th Royal Irish throughout the second Burmese war, including the capture of Martaban, Rangoon, Prome, and the Donabew stockades (Medal with Clasp for Pegu)

William KER

Ensign 29 Nov. 55; Lt. 17 Nov 57; Capt. 5 July 64; Major 28 March 74

Captains

John BLAKSLEY

Felix Thomas JONES

Shapland GRAVES, Assistant Military Secretary, Barbadoes

Frederick Taylor HOBSON

Henry Thomas HALAHAN

Charles James HAMILTON *

Bankrupts. Friday, Mar 21, 1879. To Attend in the Country. C. H. Hamilton, Canterbury, Kent, Captain in H. M.'s Regiment of 3rd Buffs. Pet. Mar 12. April 4 at 3, County Court, Canterbury. The Weekly notes - March 29, 1879. (Charles James Hamilton)

Walter Carr MACKINNON DAAG for Musketry, Peshawur, Bengal

William Henry IRVINE

James Edward FORSTER

William Frderick KERR

Edward Girdlestone GRAHAM

Henry Drinkrow HARRISON

Francis Wiliam KANE

Charles Edward REEVES

Arthur William Hill GELSTON

George Agar ALEXANDER

George Robert TAYLOR

Edward John LYNCH, at Staff College

Augustine Hugh LEFROY

Captain Lefroy served with the 45th Regt. in the Abyssinian campaign in 1868 (Medal)

Waldron Edward Roper KELLY

George Ernest HARLEY

Lieutenants

George Sydney Carr

Arhtur Trevor Leslie

Robert Albert Hickson

William Henry Wyld

Thomas Edward Spencer

Henry Wallick Maclear

Arthur Charles Jackson, Adjutant, 12 Aug. 74

William Conquest Howarth, Interpreter

Edwards Werge Howey

George Albert Colvill Adjutant, 28 Oct. 71

Albert Edwrd Ommanney, Inst. of Musketry 26 Feb. 75

Lionel Thomas Spens

Michael King Martin

Edmund Palmer

Richard Richards Breffney Ternan

Robert Walcott M'Gillivray Martin

Julius Batt Backhouse

Richard Stanley Hawks Moody

Thomas Fra. Conynghame Armstrong

Home Johnstone Fergusson

Francis Macdonald Drury

Robert George Kekewich

Sub - Lieutenants

Nathaniel Newnham-Davis

John William Hind

Edward Peyton Ventris

Cosmo Huntly Gordon

Hudson Henry Ozzard

Bryan Francis Holme

George Herbert Chippindall

Henry Calthorpe Somerset

Charles Evelyn Mason

William Henry Jameson

Hugh Roddam Tate

Paymasters

John James Bailey

James Wray

Quarter Masters

James Wilson Colley, 18 Oct. 73

Timothy Cleary, 18 Mar. 74

Surgeons

Major William Collis, Surgeon, 5 April 71

Henry Walker, Surgeon Major, 1 April 74

Francis Eteson in Dress Uniform c. 1889 - this photograph is displayed with the permission of Rodney Bomford, great-grandson of Francis and Isabella Eteson. If you have any information on the Eteson family, or Francis Eteson of the Buffs in particular, please CONTACT ME

Francis Eteson was born Nov. 17th, 1830. Educated at "King William's College", Isle of Man, he left King Williams College in Aug., 1847. He is the son of Rev. R. Eteson, Chaplain, E. India Coy.'s Service, Calcutta, India.

Ensign 28th Foot 1847. - Lieut. 1852. Lieut. 52nd Foot - 1853. Capt.

52nd (Oxfordshire) Rt. of Foot (Lt. Infrantry) - Emb. for India June 30 1853, Head Quarters Lucknow

Major 1872. Lt.-Col. 1879. Colonel 1884. Hon. Major-Genl. 1885. Served with 18th Foot throughout Burmese War, 1852. Medal with Clasp.

Held many Staff Appts. , including 12 years Head Quarter Staff Army in India. Kearsney, Dover, Kent.
1873 BENGAL ADJUTANT-GENERALS DEPARTMENT
1878 LINE BATTALIONS 3RD (EAST KENT THE BUFFS)
1888 MAJOR GENERAL RETIRED ON FULL OR RETIRED PAY OR ON A PENSION

Lieutenant Francis Eteson, from the 18th Foot. Dated 27th May 1853 - To be Lieutenant without purchase - Bulletins and Other State Intelligence & United Service Magazine

Motto "Veteri Frondescit Honore"....."With its Ancient Honour it is Evergreen"


~ OFFICERS & COMMANDERS ~ 3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot (or The Buffs) 1876 1st Battalion Malayan Peninsula 2nd Battalion Mullingar 1st Battalion embarked for Calcutta, 24 July 1866 Depot, attached to 2nd Batt. 2nd Batt. returned from Barbadoes, 26 June 1866 Colonel William Craig Emilius NAPIER - Colonel 3rd Buffs, 14 Aug. 1874 Lieut- Col Charles Knight PEARSON Colonel Pearson served as Adjutant of the 31st Regt. in the Crimea from 3rd Sept. 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol and attack of the 8th Sept. (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal) Talbot Ashley COX Lt. Colonel T.A. Cox served with the Buffs in the Crimea from the 1st May 1855 including the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and was wounded at the assault of the Redan on the 8th Sept. (Medal with Clasp, 5th Class of the Medjldic, and Turkish Medal.) Majors Francis MORLEY Major Morley served with the Buffs in the campaign of 1860 in China, and was present at the action of Sinho, and taking of Tangku and the inner Taku Fort (Medal with Clasp) Henry PARNELL p.s.c. Clifford PARSONS Professor Staff College, Ensign 16 Feb. 49; Lt. 10 Dec. 52; Capt. 25 Sept. 53?; Bt. Major, 19 Nov. 71; Major 10 Dec. 73 Walter Augustus DANBENY Major Danbeny and Captains F. T. Jones, Hobson and Halahan served the campaign of 1860 in China (Medal with Claps for the Taku Forts) Francis ETESON (see photo below) Major Eteson served with the 18th Royal Irish throughout the second Burmese war, including the capture of Martaban, Rangoon, Prome, and the Donabew stockades (Medal with Clasp for Pegu) William KER Ensign 29 Nov. 55; Lt. 17 Nov 57; Capt. 5 July 64; Major 28 March 74 Captains John BLAKSLEY Felix Thomas JONES Shapland GRAVES, Assistant Military Secretary, Barbadoes Frederick Taylor HOBSON Henry Thomas HALAHAN Charles James HAMILTON * Bankrupts. Friday, Mar 21, 1879. To Attend in the Country. C. H. Hamilton, Canterbury, Kent, Captain in H. M.'s Regiment of 3rd Buffs. Pet. Mar 12. April 4 at 3, County Court, Canterbury. The Weekly notes - March 29, 1879. (Charles James Hamilton) Walter Carr MACKINNON DAAG for Musketry, Peshawur, Bengal William Henry IRVINE James Edward FORSTER William Frderick KERR Edward Girdlestone GRAHAM Henry Drinkrow HARRISON Francis Wiliam KANE Charles Edward REEVES Arthur William Hill GELSTON George Agar ALEXANDER George Robert TAYLOR Edward John LYNCH, at Staff College Augustine Hugh LEFROY Captain Lefroy served with the 45th Regt. in the Abyssinian campaign in 1868 (Medal) Waldron Edward Roper KELLY George Ernest HARLEY Lieutenants George Sydney Carr Arhtur Trevor Leslie Robert Albert Hickson William Henry Wyld Thomas Edward Spencer Henry Wallick Maclear Arthur Charles Jackson, Adjutant, 12 Aug. 74 William Conquest Howarth, Interpreter Edwards Werge Howey George Albert Colvill Adjutant, 28 Oct. 71 Albert Edwrd Ommanney, Inst. of Musketry 26 Feb. 75 Lionel Thomas Spens Michael King Martin Edmund Palmer Richard Richards Breffney Ternan Robert Walcott M'Gillivray Martin Julius Batt Backhouse Richard Stanley Hawks Moody Thomas Fra. Conynghame Armstrong Home Johnstone Fergusson Francis Macdonald Drury Robert George Kekewich Sub - Lieutenants Nathaniel Newnham-Davis John William Hind Edward Peyton Ventris Cosmo Huntly Gordon Hudson Henry Ozzard Bryan Francis Holme George Herbert Chippindall Henry Calthorpe Somerset Charles Evelyn Mason William Henry Jameson Hugh Roddam Tate Paymasters John James Bailey James Wray Quarter Masters James Wilson Colley, 18 Oct. 73 Timothy Cleary, 18 Mar. 74 Surgeons Major William Collis, Surgeon, 5 April 71 Henry Walker, Surgeon Major, 1 April 74 Francis Eteson in Dress Uniform c. 1889 - this photograph is displayed with the permission of Rodney Bomford, great-grandson of Francis and Isabella Eteson. If you have any information on the Eteson family, or Francis Eteson of the Buffs in particular, please CONTACT ME Francis Eteson was born Nov. 17th, 1830. Educated at "King William's College", Isle of Man, he left King Williams College in Aug., 1847. He is the son of Rev. R. Eteson, Chaplain, E. India Coy.'s Service, Calcutta, India. Ensign 28th Foot 1847. - Lieut. 1852. Lieut. 52nd Foot - 1853. Capt. 52nd (Oxfordshire) Rt. of Foot (Lt. Infrantry) - Emb. for India June 30 1853, Head Quarters Lucknow Major 1872. Lt.-Col. 1879. Colonel 1884. Hon. Major-Genl. 1885. Served with 18th Foot throughout Burmese War, 1852. Medal with Clasp. Held many Staff Appts. , including 12 years Head Quarter Staff Army in India. Kearsney, Dover, Kent. 1873 BENGAL ADJUTANT-GENERALS DEPARTMENT 1878 LINE BATTALIONS 3RD (EAST KENT THE BUFFS) 1888 MAJOR GENERAL RETIRED ON FULL OR RETIRED PAY OR ON A PENSION Lieutenant Francis Eteson, from the 18th Foot. Dated 27th May 1853 - To be Lieutenant without purchase - Bulletins and Other State Intelligence & United Service Magazine Motto "Veteri Frondescit Honore"....."With its Ancient Honour it is Evergreen"
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